Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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ILLEG_BU (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please tell me if you favor or oppose the U.S. government doing each of the following: making it illegal for Buddhist groups to meet in the United States.   1) Favor   2) Oppose   3) Don’t know   4) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Favor	566	19.5%	19.5%
Oppose	2156	74.1%	93.6%
Don’t know	179	6.2%	99.8%
Refused	9	.3%	100.1%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	20.1% 147	20.5% 113	19.4% 119	16.3% 91	21.3% 92	4	19.5% 562
Oppose	76.1% 556	74.5% 411	75.6% 464	77.3% 433	65.3% 282	10	74.3% 2146
Don’t know	3.7% 27	5.1% 28	4.6% 28	5.9% 33	13.0% 56	6	6.0% 172
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	0.5% 3	0.5% 2	1	0.3% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 731	100.0% 552	100.0% 614	100.0% 560	100.0% 432	21	2889

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school graduate	High school graduate	Some college	Trade/technical/vocational training	College graduate	Post-graduate work/degree	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	29.5% 70	25.3% 238	18.2% 174	19.4% 21	10.3% 46	7.0% 15	3	19.4% 564
Oppose	56.5% 134	66.9% 630	77.0% 737	71.3% 77	84.5% 377	92.1% 197	3	74.1% 2152
Don’t know	12.7% 30	7.7% 73	4.6% 44	8.3% 9	4.7% 21	0.9% 2	1	6.2% 179
Refused	1.3% 3	0.1% 1	0.2% 2	0.9% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 237	100.0% 942	100.0% 957	100.0% 108	100.0% 446	100.0% 214	7	2904

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Favor	18.2% 254	20.6% 312	19.5% 566
Oppose	77.3% 1080	71.2% 1076	74.1% 2156
Don’t know	4.4% 61	7.8% 118	6.2% 179
Refused	0.2% 3	0.4% 6	0.3% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 1398	100.0% 1512	2910

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10,000	Between $10,000 and $30,000	$30,000 or more	Don’t know/Refused	TOTAL
Favor	27.5% 67	23.2% 162	16.5% 281	21.0% 56	19.5% 566
Oppose	62.7% 153	68.5% 478	79.4% 1350	65.2% 174	74.1% 2155
Don’t know	9.4% 23	8.0% 56	3.9% 66	13.1% 35	6.2% 180
Refused	0.4% 1	0.3% 2	0.2% 4	0.7% 2	0.3% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 244	100.0% 698	100.0% 1701	100.0% 267	2910

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	19.0% 413	21.2% 72	19.1% 9	26.4% 14	20.2% 54	4	19.5% 562
Oppose	75.5% 1644	71.8% 244	74.5% 35	67.9% 36	67.8% 181	15	74.2% 2140
Don’t know	5.2% 113	7.1% 24	6.4% 3	5.7% 3	11.6% 31	5	6.0% 174
Refused	0.4% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0	0.3% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 2178	100.0% 340	100.0% 47	100.0% 53	100.0% 267	24	2885

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	23.9% 203	14.8% 54	23.8% 45	20.9% 144	13.8% 8	11.7% 24	88	20.3% 478
Oppose	68.7% 584	79.2% 290	69.3% 131	71.6% 493	84.5% 49	81.1% 167	443	72.7% 1714
Don’t know	6.9% 59	5.7% 21	6.9% 13	7.1% 49	1.7% 1	7.3% 15	22	6.7% 158
Refused	0.5% 4	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 850	100.0% 366	100.0% 189	100.0% 689	100.0% 58	100.0% 206	554	2358